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Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 2

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RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH: SUNDAY MAY 5 TWO Ml aa Bil1ul failed under heavy ed principal demands and that an agreement ban been reached National Capital News Cut Short Important News 1 Quickly Told idE Valentin Henry Anderaon Judge John lluiherfoord Literature committee chairman Mrs Henson Membership committee chairman Mrs Russell t'helL County circulars comnflttee Mra Kean County chairman Mis Carolina Preston Davis Ways and means committee Mrs Hampton Fleming Mrs It Ursbowski appeared befor the association and asked that they indorse a movement to organise what will be known as of Democracy'1 The association heartily indorsed this plan 7 Ji- Bring Your Wife to nrouiawesieni mam been £lsrd of tho enemy German troop operating with Finaleb battalion Attacked the enemy betveen Lahti and Aavaatahna by an encircling movement nl in a Bve-day battle despit hi fitter defeneo and deeperat attempt Jo break through overnrhelmingly de-Xaated him Tho Finnlih force cut oS ill retreat and the enemy thraqr down fehalr uu Tho prisoner number 000" ICITUlf ATTACK lCtlT ITAUIX LltM EP1HED sTVtOME May 4 Austrian local at Jack agalnft tho Italian line in th feiouatals area wer repuld th Wat 4Dffic announced to-night Twelve Aua Jrian machine wer brought down In ferial engagement and two other Sbrere put out of commission "in th mountain area a few prl' goners were takon by In patrol ac the atatement southeast of Canov th enemy wa yi riven back and pursued enemy attacl on Mount Spit stopped by our artillery- Else Jrhtre there wer desultory artillery fend bombing actions 3 "Several aerial action were carried £ut despite th opposition of th enemy antiaircraft guns The British dropped flinty bomb on enemy hutment at jYaldssa dropped a ton of esplo )lves on th aviation ground of Cam riomagglor "Twelve hostil machine wer brought down and another wa forced do land In aerial engagement in which Brillah and Italian flyer co-operated Aflother fell in flame after being hit by 'GERMAN TROOP ATTACK AID ARE BBPVLSKD fit fe 'I' iV' 3- I w- H' i- ffc xX AV 1 mT 9 i c' rtft af Wl A mt i Events From Various Sources Reduced to Minimum Space uL CAMP MILLS May Mrs Arthur Burden' of Westbury well-known society woman aiyl chsriubl worker to-day offered S000 pigs to Major 1L Smith of tho quarter-master' department for th us of tho soldier Atfer fattening on th "leavings th pork should feed tha men WASHINGTON May forty-eght hours It Is expected that definite steps will ba taken either by President Wilson or by a committee of Congress to Investigate deeply Into tha charge of waste profiteering and conspiracy which have Involved the country's aircraft program NEW YORK May Eugene Hale Jr youngest son of former Senator Hale of Males has enlisted ns a private soldier anl Is now at Camp Devins Mass Mrs Hale stated to-day NORFOLK VA May The Fifth Naval District baseball league with eight clubs manned by major and minor league players and augmented by enlisted talent opened their season hers to-dny Among th leaders of teams are Dnva Robertson formerly cf the New York Glante Fielder Keefe formerly of the Philadelphia Athletics Jacobson of the St Louts Browns and Winn Clark ex-Virginia League manager LONDON May 4 The Amsterdam correspondent of tho Central News tul-graphs to-night that a semi-official German atatement has been given rut to ths effect that Holland ha nccKt- GOOD THIS SPRING A Combination That la Benefiting Theasaads at Thla Time A superlative blood-purifying medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla taken before meals combined with a superlative Iron tonic like Peptlron taken after meals makes tha Ideal cuurs of Spring medicine No other medicines accomplish so much at this season as these two great restorative working together They reach ths Impure Impoverished poisoned devitalised blood and the worn run-down qver-worked exhausted system They relieve rheumatism scrofula and other humor They awaken the appetite aid digestion glva renewed strength and produce sound natural sleep If your liver Is torpid or sluggish your tongue Is costed you hsve stomach and bowel troubles you should take Hood's Pills which are gentle and work in harmony with Sarsaparilla and Peptlron Adv Pianos THE CORLEV Pianos Reports at Annual Meeting! Show 1347 Added to Its Ityll During Year OFFICERS ARK RE-ELECTED Mrs Francis Deane Williams Is Again Made Ireidcnt IlriKirt Kliow Substantial Growth of Opposition to Suffrage Movement The annual meeting of the Virginia Association Opposed to Woman (Suffrage was held Thursday afternoon at the Jefferson Hotel when 1147 new members war added to the roll of tho association Tl membership commltte has Increased its working fore by eight new members It Is proposed to add others as tha opportunity offers Tapers were read by Mrs Francis Williams Miss Hensou and Miss Martha Maury Robinson which contained a summary of the work during the past year This work has been so quietly done that its volume and scope were a revelation to the new mombera present at the meeting The report of Mra It Chelf chairman of the meirrahip committee was also read It was full of encouragement for th character of the newly enlisted members and for the incrcasml readiness with which prominent men and women are giving their signatures In support of sntlsuffrage MRS WILLIAM I AGAIN HIDE PRESIDENT The following officers wars elected for the ensuliig year: president Mrs Williams: vice-presidents Mra Otho Kean Mrs Randolph Williams Miss Annie Ross Walker Mra Hunsdun Cary Mrs Valentine Mra Arthur Wllmer Mrs Henry llarwood Mra Hunter McGuire Mrs Herbert Funston Mra John Williams recording secretary Miss Martha Robinson: corresponding secretary Mra Charles Ferrell: business secretary Mrs Elisabeth Green treasurer Mra Lew is Strauss Executive Mrs Mann 8 Valentine Mrs Thomas Cary Johnson Mra Henry Taylor Jr Mrs A Ee-kiel Mrs A Strudwlck Miss Marla Blair Mrs John Freeman Mrs Ann Bentley Mra William A Powers Mra Franklin Agnew Mrs James Dooley Mrs Bland Smith Mra Robert Whlttet Jr Mrs James Crump Miss Anna Boykin Miss Gilberts Whittle Mrs Henson Mrs Advisory board Captain Gordon McCabe Dr Robert Bryan William White James Crump Iieiry Cabell Ia Williams 8 Rutherfjrd Ross Frederick 8 Valentine Judge George Christian Major Allen Potts Love Scott Parriah Dr Stuart McGuire Wiilli-ms Eppa Hunion Jr Egbert Leigh Jrt Cotesworth Pinckney James Tinsley Henry Tee Valentine Alfred Williams Judge Daniel Grinnan I Randolph Williams Want a Bicycle If you want to buy a hlryrle cheap read the Want Ada if you have one to sell a Want Ad will sell it for yuu Phone Randolph 1 Master Invention The Rc-creation of MUSIC When you hear the New Edison re-create the singing and playing of great artists you have heard agree that this Is the REAL MUSICAL instrument for any home absolutely different from the talking machine Have you heard the New Edison? MLm CB HAYNES IOOAD AT 1C ON (By Amoclsted Prew LONDON May German troop Jtiriy under cover of a heavy artillery barrage attacked th British position Vtuth of Locon Th statement thla evening by the War Offlc ay th Attack wa completely repulsed French troop In their operation thla Zknorning In th Locr sector made prog-Zrtu British troop on th right of 3th French al-o advanced their line i4n th neighborhood of Mcteren Th statement ay: "Th bombardment this Anoining south and aouthweet of Tpre vu vigorously rt plied to by our own th French artillery No attack infnntry fighting to-day wa confined to local engagement at dlf Tenet point In successful minor op-u Vratlon carried out by last night -4n -th Hinge sector we captured over forty prisoner Inc1 attack attempted by the Jenemy early this morning south of Joeon under cover of a heavy artillery barrage wa completely repulsed "In their operation early thla morning in the Locr sector French troop jnade progress and oaptured over fifty 3risonera British troop acting on he right of our allies also made preg WASHINGTON May 4 President Wilson received a great demonstration to-night at a local theater when a four-minute sjiexker announced that he i had bought still another bond thin one for (500 Last Wednesday when the President agreed to sponsor the match- I tbe-Presldent movement by buying $54 bond on the installment plan sub- i scribing for nearly $2000o It was ba iieved had reached hia maximum effort NORFOLK VA- May In settle ment of the labor controversy In the Fifth Naval District which caused a walkout of craftsmen about a month ago at tha naval base armylbsse ordnance base naval aviation field and navy-yard Rear-Admiral Harris to-dsy announced that ths Federal Labor Heard at Washington had granted the demands of the men for an Increasa in pay The Washington ncals will ba put Into effect at once Alderman Gilman Better Gilman of U10 West Grace Street who was taken suddenly 111 Friday night Is much Improved It was ssid by Ais physician laat night He Is being treated at hla home Mr Gilman haa long been an active figure In th business and political life of the city and Is now a member of tha Board of AMsrmen f'lmie to Yaa Th nearest Tlmes-Hispatch Want Ad station la ynur telephone To Insert! Went Ad rH Psndoiph COMPANY Yictrolas are anticipating an increased price The certainty of satisfaction that foiluwwa every purchase from this reliable establishment adds to the pleasure of th buyer why for mors than a quarter century this has been ths favorite musical headquarters of the music-loving Virginian' In the neighborhood of Meteren -A i the remainder of th front there if nottlng of special Interest to re- SilftH ARTILLERY ACTIVITY i REPORTED ON FRENCH FRONT IBv Associated Press BFRLIN (via London) May There Bi Happenings at Washington as Reflected in News Dispatches WASHINGTON May I a Harding vice-governor of th Federal Reserve Board and Angus McLean of North Carolina wera confirmed by the Senate lat to-day a directors of the new War Financa Corporation Nominations of Eugena Meyer of New York and Clifford Leonard of Chicago wera held up temporarily pending Investigation of their business connection Educational Inatituliona entitled to send quotas to th new training eamps opening May IS have been notified by the War Department that all candidate will revart to tha rank of privet If their division ar ordered to Franc befor completion of th count Candidate who ar unwilling to meet thl condition my withdraw their applications Milton Leon Lewie seaman of the naval volunteers of Rochester lost hi life when th Greek team-ship Aslmlna waa torpedoed on January II Hi body vl washed ashore In Sicily The Houee to-dsy passed a bill appropriating $3130394 for th support of the West Point Military Academy This la an Increae of more than 4900000 over the amount carried for the same purpoe last year tha British In th last twenty-four hours the official night report from Field Marshal Haig Bays Eleven B-lt-leh machine ar missing British raiding machines dropped twenty-two tons of bombs on various German targets behind th line GERMANS PREPARE TO RENEW DRIVE WEST OF KEMMEL IBy Associated Prese1 'British headquarters in FRANCE May Thr are unmistakable sign of a resumption of the German effort to fore the allied positions on th hill chain west of Km-meL Last evening the Germans opened a tremendous bombardment on Bcherpenberg and on Mont Rouge but no lnfnntry action followed At o'clock this morning the Gorman artillery crashed forth again upon th Anglo-French lines north of La Clytts and to the south of Mont Rouge The alllea are well prepared for th attack but th weather is thick and wot so that aerial observation virtually are Impossible AMERICAN RAID ON GERMAN TRENCHES SUCCEEDS WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE May 4 American troops in the Lorraine sector yesterday carried out a raid tha German lines aouth of Hallovills on a 400-yard front After an Intense but brief artillery preparation tha Infantry acompanled by pioneers went over the top and penetrated the Carman positions to th third line They found not a single German Tha attack waa on a German salient The artillery completely leveled tho German positions and tho pioneers finished the Job by blowlpg up all the enemy works thus eliminating th silent An official note says: "On May I 100 American soldiers after careful artillery preparation raided the German lines at Doga wood In tha Lorraine sector penetrating through the German's first second and third lines "Th raid constituted the first time that American Infantry In this section hae operated under the protection of their own Hospital Drops Name German JERSEY CITY May Directors of the German hospital announced to-dsy they had voted unanimously to change Its name to tha Greenville Hospital Five members of the hospital staff art in tha United States service Tlmea-Dlapateb Want A is nr re-nlt-proinrers To Insert an ad rail llnnilnlnh 1 BROAD Efficiency Sale Swa much artillery activity on the bat 2tlrf front In Franc but according 2Lo Ibe official report from general head Aft era toi-day the situation was without change Tie statement ay: jg 11ie eituation I unchanged on the 9a (tie front The artillery acuity wa CASUALTIES OF MARINES INCLUDE ONE MAN KILLED List ('talas Mae Names Dead aad Wewded Members ('nm WASHINGTON May One marina waa reported killed In a casualty list made public by the Xavy Department to-night which contained nine names The-list follows: Killed in action Private Raymond Franklin Crow Sait Lake City Died of shell wounds Privates Harry Elton Clark Tacoma Wash James Beverly Manning Detroit Mich Sergeant Frank Conroy Chicago Slightly wounded Privates Lloyd Mayfield Anna 111 Alfred Grover Beyer Eliinger Tex William James Seesan Grartt Inland Neb Charles Lauranrs Thompson Detroit Mich Henry ITerman Davis Gainesville Ga CAIN IN TRANSPORTATION la April Department llnadles Twice as Mach Material as Waa Transported In January AN AMERICAN ARMY BASE IN FRANCE May "Soma idea of th wonderful progress that Is being mads back of the lines" said James Kerney director for the Franco-Americsn committee on public lnformatio to the Associated Press to-day "may be gathered from the simple annonucoincnt that 350000 tona of material were handled by the transportation dapartmunt in April as against less than half that amount In January "The number of men who have been unable to go on active duty each day because of sickness was thirty-seven per thousand for the week ending April II which Is a lower rate than prevails rn the United he said No This Aftrraeea On account of inability to secure band Director WInfree of the local commlHSion on training camp activities announced yesterday that there would he no Sunday "aing" at the City Auditorium this afternoon It Is hoped that arrangements can be made to resume the "sing' next Sunday Find It you havi lost some valuable let a Times-HI-pat-h Want It for you Call Randolph I If tide find i ficliwarzochild Druthers Bracelet Watches We are showing the accepted styles of Ladles Wrist Watches their particular quality being excellent timekeepers Prices $1300 Upward IX THE SOLITARY WRIST WATCH you will find here not only the proper shapes bnt the standard makes which will give the best service "over there Prices $10 and Upwprd Schwarzschild Brothers Richmond's Leading Jewelers Second Broad Streets THE cash plan upon their calling Main and 7th Streets If Beware of the store that's afraid of the women! We really don't have to the women for they come in right along If Mothers bring their sons husbands bring their wives and some wives bring their hus- bands! 0 ft And we're glad of it ft When your wife is along it's got to be real merchandise and real value to get by ft not easy to deceive the woman who has the milkman's goat and the butcher's number ft She knows too much about fabrics and fit and value oe rattled by blueskySgJ manship 'S ft That's why we regard our women visi- tors as one of the best proofs that our clothes are right that' our prices are reason- able and that our salesmanship is sincere -t ft Bring your wife along $20 $25 $30 to $55 for Berry Suits 1 $750 up for Boys' Suits ft Everything men and boys wear amouMM icf -Th Bask Bread Itrrct They Key to Prosperity open a Saving 'Account "Tli Bank of Broad Ml rest" and keep steadily adding to ynur original deposit perhaps Just a lllll at a lime Hn vs th psnnlcs nlcksls Slid dimes and the dollars will look after themselves Kuril coin nu matter how small is on step higher lu prosperity 8 On Ms lags Deposit BroadStreetBank filslh and Bad Nfra Cavealea( rasenrttv Uagall jpiled on various sectors throughout Jhg night In the Kemmel region and San both (idea of the Avre It Increased 5f' ihh morning to greater intenelty British partial attack southeast 3of Arras wa repulsed The artillery activity revived before Verdun "jLfter unsuccessful reconnoiterlng dhnuta by th enemy on the Lorraine 2front the lighting activity during the forenoon waa alight At Parroy wood Jnd west of Blamont the firing revived Jgurfng the afternoon but died down Sbgain at Better Purchase Yours Now! The leading manufacturers on their product Because of the unprecedented Increase In cost of labor and materials manufacturers will be compelled to advance prices generally within the next few months There's still an opportunity to secure one of these splendid instruments at the old if you act im mediately! felRITISH BRING -DOWN THIRTY-SIX AIRPLANES s' LONDON May 4 -Thirty-six Qer-3tnan airplane wer brought down by rrr SIS Semi-Annual You choose from 13 of the world'a foremost makes here You pay only a moderate amount wa'll arrange the balance In convenient weekly or monthly urns as preferred Is there sny reason for putting off your To Oar Subscribers Come in and See This Notable Display of Worthy Instruments To-morrow TO STARTS TO-MORROW Sep Advertisement Pago 6 Third liberty Loan I i Through Ihe patriotism and loyalty of its customers the Richmond Trust Savings Co is enabled to put in subscriptions aggregating ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY (180) PER CENT of its allotment Suppose CORLEY VICTROLA OUTFIT WITH CABINET CASH OR CREDIT In appreciation of this we have arranged to 1 Deliver Bonds Immediately your estate were managed by a friend or relative as executor or trustee What might happen to It if his business should call him to a distant place or If he should be taken ill or die? The handling of estates by this Company does not binge on the presence of one man It Is transacting business every working day In the year to all subscribers on the at this oilicc I HM Cs On of th most popular Vlctrala Outfits ever offered! Cons Isis of latest Improved model Ylulrola IV-A osk ease 10-Inch turntable all latest Victor and your dwn selection of any 4 doubts-fan 75a Vie- tor (II musical selections) lit nur mammoth library of mom lhin 10000 avleclliinsl fall Slid ss thl-and nlhr Vlrtrola Outfits from gilXSS up to-morrow Old Dominion Trust Co Richmond Trust Savings Company The Klrongrat Trust Co In the South Atlantic Stales 000 Kant Main Street Vptown Office i Harrison and Broad Streets Capital and Surplus $120000000 Tim llonuse That Slatta Richmond Musical riano Tuning Repairing Moving and Murage nFiPiPiPirtnFiriPtFtnnnnnrtnrtFtPinHPtpiPHl luuuuuuuuuuuuaaiauaamaoiauuui ii.

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